Title

Italian earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, 16th century Artist: Unknown

Caption

Italian (Verbino) earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, one of his twelve labours. from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection's collection, 16th century,

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B76_102

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,3Mb) / 14,2in x 13,8in / 4254 x 4131 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal Italy Italian building buildings holding people male man men religious country religion naked body guy beard museum color colour plate bull labour Greece deity God location century image bearded task artefact concept Crete mythology hero artifact goddess heroic nakedness earthenware heroism Hercules Herakles Greek mythology Victoria and Albert Museum 16th century sixteenth century CM Dixon Cretan lion skin Museum of Ornamental Art TGN the body object Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A Dixon CM Heracles CM Dixon Mike Dixon CM Dixon object